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Five Lockheed Martin facilities were honored last week with James S. Cogswell Awards for outstanding achievement in industrial security. The five award-winning facilities, all part of Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business unit, are located in Camden, Ark.; Chelmsford, Mass.; Dallas; Ocala, Fla.; and Troy, Ala. The announcement of the Cogswell award winners was made at the annual seminar of ASIS International in San Diego. The Cogswell award is the highest recognition bestowed annually by the U.S. Defense Security Service (DSS) on a defense contractor. This year, only 29 facilities were selected to receive the award out of more than 11,000 eligible. "What a tremendous honor it is for five of our facilities to be recognized by DSS with the Cogswell Award," said James F.
BY MOLLY NANCE As the end of the year approaches, the construction industry will see a smooth transition into 2007, a prediction based on the 31st annual CIT Construction Industry Forecast. CIT Construction offers financial products and services to contractors, equipment dealers, equipment-rental companies and other construction-related clients. The firm is a unit of CIT Group Inc., a New York City-based commercial and consumer finance company, with $68 billion in managed assets. Its annual report is a national culmination of industry insiders predictions for a relatively positive future for the next year, including an upswing in the commercial real estate market. The 900 contractors and equipment distributors that were surveyed measured their perceptions of next years progress from what is called an Optimism Quotient, or OQ.
Contractor General Greg Christie is stoutly defending the credibility of his recent report into the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Project despite intense criticism from members of the Government.
At Tuesday's sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Mr. Christie and Government member, K.D. Knight stole the spotlight as they traded arguments.Mr. Knight and other Government members of the PAC attempted to punch holes into the integrity, fairness and reliability of the methods used by the Contractor General to uncover the massive cost overruns associated with the project.The Contractor General was invited to Tuesday's sitting to clarify his findings. Minutes into his presentation, it became obvious that he had no intention of backing down from the findings in his damning report.In fact, Mr.
The Lomas Verdes community, developed by San Diego-based Corky McMillin Cos. in Chula Vistas Otay Ranch, is adding a swimming pool as a perk for its residents. Construction of the 1,800-square-foot Enclave Swim Club will start in October and is set for completion in June. We need to offer more with our homes, said Rey Ross, project manager for McMillin Lomas Verdes. The swim club will cater to residents living in the Indigo, Jacaranda and Terracotta subdivisions. In todays day and age we need to have amenities, like a swim club, that bring value to the community and complements it, Ross said. The swim club is planned for Spanish-style architecture in a country club setting, according to Ross. The pool area will consist of a spa, a wading pool for children, a playground, an open-air party area and two barbecue areas.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction has entered into an agreement with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California to publish California Constructor, a monthly magazine for its members. This agreement expands the collaboration between McGraw-Hill Construction and the AGC of California. McGraw Hill Construction and AGC of California formed an alliance in 2003 which provided the AGC of California members substantial savings for all McGraw-Hill Construction project news products, including the McGraw-Hill Construction Network®, Network for products, and its online bid management module. According to Norbert W. Young, Jr., president of McGraw-Hill Construction, "The expanded alliance will leverage the core competencies of each organization and will enable AGC of California to devote more time and resources on issues important to the state's construction industry." "We are pleased to partner with McGraw-Hill Construction to increase AGC's visibility.
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